An Overview of the First Half-Century of Molecular Electronics

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1006, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-20

  Hush, Noel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA conductivity; Electron transfer; History; Molecular electronics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0347320484     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1292.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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